The IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Team Finals presented by AMSOIL continued its championship tour over weekend with the team championship and Summit SuperSeries runoffs highlighting a busy weekend of racing action at the Division 5 Summit Team Finals at US 131 Motorsports Park.

US 131 Motorsports Park took the team crown by 12 points over Grand Bend Motorplex with a total of 57 points. It was the third year in a row US 131 Motorsports Park has taken the Division 5 Summit Team Finals team championship. Wisconsin International Raceway, the last team other than US 131 to win the team championship back in 2011, was third, followed by Osceola Dragway and Eddyville Raceway Park. The remaining teams in competition were Marion County International Raceway, Cordova Dragway Park, Ubly Dragway, Cedar Falls Raceway, Central Illinois Dragway, Great Lakes Dragaway.

Division 5 Summit SuperSeries Top ET runoff winner Gary Smiley

In the Summit SuperSeries runoff, Gary Smiley, Mark Pressey and Allison Muchler won their respective classes during the second weekend of Summit Team Finals action in Martin, Michigan. With the win, the trio of drivers advance to the Summit SuperSeries World Championship as part of the Summit World Finals weekend October 10-11 at Memphis International Raceway.

Smiley, representing Eddyville Raceway Park, won the Top ET championship at the Division 5 Team Finals in a thriller over Kyle Smith. Smiley had a solid .015 reaction time and paired that with a 7.586 second pass on a 7.58 dial at 175.70 mph to take the win. Smith, from Marion County Raceway, had a 7.721 on a 7.71 at 169.15.

In the Mod ET runoff Mark Pressey, from nearby Ubly Dragstrip, defeated Jeff Green with a little help in the form of a red-light start for Green. Green lit the red bulb by just -.001, negating an otherwise solid weekend for the driver out of US 131 Motorsports Park. With the win in hand, Pressey ran out his final pass of the weekend in tremendous fashion, weaving together a .026 package with a 10.118 on a 10.11 dial at 127.20 mph.

Division 5 Summit SuperSeries Mod ET runoff winner Mark Pressey

Wrapping up the Division 5 Summit SuperSeries runoff was the Junior Dragster pairing as Allison Muchler, representing her home track of US 131 Motorsports Park, put her machine in the winner’s circle over Codey Scheland of Central Illinois Dragway. In a double-breakout finish, Muchler had a .050 reaction time coupled with a 7.872 on a 7.90 at 80.79 mph, while Scheland ran an 8.016 on an 8.05 in the runner-up effort.